Articles by Ian Sparks

Do you really need an MDR?

I started working with Medidata Rave in 2008 and I remember being impressed by the scope of the Rave product. Compared to other EDC systems it seemed to have everything: EDC, data migrations and versioning, double-key data entry, PDF generation, customizable workflow, non-programming edit checking, data export generation and reporting …

Mastering Matrices

Matrices are a clever feature of Medidata Rave which define a set of Folders (which often represent Subject Visits) and Forms to be added to the Subject schedule. It's typical to have several Matrices which will be applied either by a user adding them manually or by logic defined in …

Visualizing Study Design

As a Rave Study Designer you have limited options for visualizing a study design, especially a complex one. You can publish the study to a test environment and browse through the Folders and Forms but this is a view intended for users, not for Architects. As a Study Designer you …